Round 7: Tossup 19

In an opera centering on a character with this profession, a chorus describes (-5[1])a “shape stupendous” that causes “all the worlds [to be] fear-struck.” A Tewa lullaby about a “cloud-flower” is sung by (15[1])the maid Pasqualita to a character with this profession’s child. In an opera titled for a person with this profession, one character describes being in a “prematurely air-conditioned supermarket” (15[1])before reciting (15[1])Christopher Knowles’s poem (-5[2])(*) “I Feel the Earth Move.” (10[1])Solfège (10[1])syllables are chanted in the five “knee plays” that connect (10[1])an opera titled for a person with this profession. For 10 points, a man with what profession titles Philip Glass’s opera Einstein on the Beach? ■END■ (10[2])

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